Kentucky Baptists Resolve to Protect the Unborn

Denny Burk has the details on a resolution passed this week by the Kentucky Batpist state Convention on the need to protect the unborn. For the full resolution, see Denny’s post. Here’s the bottom line:

WHEREAS, some religious leaders in the United States have called for churches to move beyond the abortion discussion so that the sanctity of unborn human life is reduced to one of a litany of other issues. . .

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we reiterate our conviction that the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision was based on a fundamentally flawed understanding of the United States Constitution, human embryology, and the basic principles of human rights; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we petition our new president-elect, members of Congress, our governor, and state legislature to work to legally protect the lives of all innocent American citizens, including those of the unborn; and . . .